HENDERSON PLANT Metal/Non-Metal

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING TO THE HYDRATE OPERATOR TO TELL HIM TO START THE BULK. HE SLIPPED ON THE BOTTOM FLOOR THAT HAD LIME ON IT AND WAS WET. HE INJURED HIS RIGHT KNEE. SURGERY WAS ON 2/21/03.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS UNPLUGGING A HYDRATOR MIXER BOX. HE WENT TO PULL UP ON THE BY-PASS VALVE (HANDLE) WHEN THE HANDLE CAME OFF AND STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE IN THE FOREHEAD.

EE WAS GRINDING A BRACKET HE HAD WELDED WHEN A PIECE OF SLAG WENT UNDER HIS SAFTY GLASSES, CAUSING PAIN IN HIS LEFT EYE.

EE WAS WALKING UP HYDRATOR STAIRS WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LEFT KNEE, REOCCURING INJURY FROM JANUARY 2000.

EE WAS WALKING DOWN A STAIRWAY AND WHEN HE STEPPED DOWN HE MISJUDGED GROUND LEVEL AND HYPER-EXTENDED HIS LEFT KNEE.

EE WAS WALKING ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE HYDRATOR WHEN HE SLIPPED IN WET LIME TWISTING HIS LEFT KNEE.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING THE NORTH SILO CHUTE WHEN THE LADDER HE WAS STANDING ON SLIPPED HE GRABBEDONTO THE CHUTE TO KEEP FROM FALLING AND CUT HIS LITTLE FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND.

EE WAS WALKING DOWN THE BINDECK STEPS WHEN HE MISSED THE 1ST STEP HE TWISTED HIS KNEE

EMPLOYEE WAS REACHING FOR THE BAG TO PUT ON THE SACKER SPOUT WHEN HIS LEFT SHOULDER POPPED.

EMPLOYEE WAS BYPASSING HYDRATOR WHEN PUMP SEIZEDUP. REACTING LIME SLURRY FROM THE MIXER BOX AND PUMP BURNED HIS RIGHT AND LEFT ARMS, LEFT HAND AND RIGHT EAR.

EE WAS PUTTING PALLETS INTO THE PALLETIZER WHEN HE FELT A PULL IN HIS BACK.

BAGS OF LIME WERE FALLING OFF PALLETS WHILE EXITING THE PALLETIZER. MAINTENANCE WAS ADJUSTING THE PALLET DISCHARGE BELT TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. THE CATWALK BRIDGE FROM THE STAIRS TO THE PALLET DISCHARGE BELT WAS REMOVED TO MAKE THE ADJUSTMENTS. EMPLOYEE CAME OVER TO CONVERSE WITH ANOTHER EMPLOYEE AND STEPPED OVER THE OPENING. HOWEVER, WHEN WALKING AWAY, HE FORGOT AND STEPPED IN HOL

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING THE HYDRATOR WHEN A 1" X 4" X 4' BOARD AND FLASHING FELL FROM THE CEILING AND STRUCK HIM ON THE HEAD. (HE WAS WEARING A HARDHAT).

EE GOT OFF A FORKLIFT AND STEPPED IN AHOLE IN THE CONCRETE TWISTING HIS ANKLE.

EE WAS HELPING COVER A PALLET OF LIME WITH HIS LEFT LEG EXTENDED OUT. THE FORKLIFT DRIVER WHO WAS PLACING A LOWERED PALLET NEXT TO EE DIDN'T SEE HIS EXTENDED LEG AND SCRAPPED HIS FOOT/LEG WITH THE LOWERED PALLET.

EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING A SPROCKET ON MAIN LIME SCREW WHEN HE FELT A TWINGE IN HIS LOWER BACK.

WHILE REPLACING A STEEL CROSS BRACE INTO THE FLUX MILL, EE FEL A PULL IN HIS BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING A RAILCAR INTO THE GRIZZLEY. THE BOTTOM GATE WAS HARD TO OPEN, SO HE KEPT PUSHING AND PULLING ON IT CAUSING PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.

BAGS OF LIME WERE FALLING OFF PALLETS. EE WENT TO PUUSH THE TOP BAG BACK UP ON A BALLET WHEN HE FLET A PULL IN HIS LOWER BACK.

EE SAID HE WAS MOVING RAILCARS WITH A SKIPLOADER WHEN THE WIND BLEW SOMETHING IN HIS RIGHT EYE, FRIDAY AFTRNOON. H DID NOT COMPLAIN OR SHOW ANY SIGN OF ANY INJURY UNTIL SUNDAY NIGHT WHEN H CA LLED TO SA HE HAD SOMETHING IN HIS EYE ADN WAS SEEING A DR ON MONDAY. HE NEVER MENTIONED THAT IT HAPPENED AT WORK.

WHILE WALKING ACROSS FLOOR, EE TRIPPED ON BELTING BEING USED AS A MATT ON THE FLOOR. HE FELL & DISLOCATED HIS SECOND FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND.

WHILE STEPPING OFF A FORKLIFT, EE FELT A PULL IN HIS LEFT LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WENT TO PUSH A PALLET DOWN A RAMP AND HE TRIPPED ON A BAG OF LIME AT THE BOTTOM OF THE STAIRS TWISTING HIS LEFT KNEE AND INJURING HIS LEFT WRIST.

AFTER CHECKING THE LEVEL OF THE SURGE SILO, EMPLOYEE STOOD UP AND TWISTED HIS UPPER BODY TO THE RIGHT AND FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

EE WAS GETTING OFF THE FORKLIFT WHEN HIS RIGHT FOOT CAUGHT THE BRAKE PEDDLE CAUSING HIS LEFT HEEL TO HIT HARD ON THE FLOOR AND TWIST HIS ANKLE.

WHILE TIGHTENING A UNION ON A 150 HP COMPRESSOR, THE IPE WRENCH HE WAS USING SLIPPED OFF AND CAUSE DHIM TO HIT HIS RIGHT ELBOW AGAINST A RECEIVER TANK.

WHILE SACKIGN LIME, BAG EXPLODED AND SPRAYED LIME UNDER EE'S PROTECTIVE AND GOT IN BOTH HIS EYES.

EE WAS CLEANING THE CO2 LINE BEHIND THE #2 KILN ON THE BAGHOUSE FLOOR. HE WAS STANDING ON THE LADDER THAT IS USED FOR THE BAGHOUSES, WHEN THE LADDER SLIPPED. EE GRABBED ONTO THE HOT CO2 PIP E TO BREAK HIS FALL, BURNING BOTH ARMS.

EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING BOLTS ON THE HYDRATE PUMP LINE FLANGE. THE WRENCH SLIPPED OFF THE NUT & HIT HIM IN THE FOREHEAD.

WHILE PUTTING UP BAGS, EMPLOYEE TWISTED FORE FINGER & FELT PAIN BELOW THUMB.

EE WAS WORKING ON UNPLUGGING THE FLUX SYSTEM WHEN HE WALKED UNDER THE MILL DISCHARGE SCREW GUARD AND HIT HIS HEAD, INJURING HIS NECK.

EMPLOYEE SLIPPED & FELL ON A WET, LIME COVERED RAMP & STRAINED HIS SHOULDER.

POSSIBLE DUST INHALATION.

EE CARRIED BUCKETS OF LIME SAMPLES TO DUMPTSTER OUTSIDE OF BLDG., LIFTED BUCKETS UP AND DUMPED THEM INTO THE DUMPSTER.

THE WIND BLEW EITHER SAWDUST OR LIME IN EE LEFT EYE WHILE HE WAS USING A FORKLIFT TO LOAD PALLETS

EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHING A PALLET DOWN THE RAMP AND HURT HIS BACK. HE HAS A HISTORY OF BACK PROBLEMS

EE HAD JUST PUMPED UP THE PRESSURE WHEN THE BOTTOM GASKET ON THE PUMP BLEW THE MANHOLE GASKET WAS ALSO LEAKING HE PULLED HARD ON THE BY-PASS HANDLE & HIT HIS RT ELBOW ON THE MANHOLE PIPE

EE WAS REMOVING USED KILN BRICKS FROM THE 1 KILN DUST CHAMBER USING A 1 1/4IN PIPE SOME BRICKS DISLODGED & STRUCK THE PIPE THAT EE WAS HOLDING THIS RESULTED IN TWISTING HIS WRIST CAUSING SOREN ESS EE DID NOT SEE A DOC UNTIL DEC 21 WHEN THE SWELLING & SORENESS WAS CONTINUING

EE REMOVED A COVER FROM THE CO2 LINE & USING A AIRLANCE WAS CLEANING THE LINE EE DIDNT REALIZE THE PLUGGED CONDITION OF THE LINE & WHEN SHOT A BLAST OF AIR THE HOT CO2 DUST CAME BACK IN HIS FA CE & NECK

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A 5 GALLON BOTTLE OF WATER FROM THE PARTS ROOM TO THE ELECTRIC SHOP WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER LEFT HIP AREA.

EMPLOYEE FELL WHILE WALKING BECAUSE AREA WAS WET BENEATH A LIGHT LAYER OF LIME THAT MADE IT APPEAR TO BE DRY. EMPLOYEE LANDED ON HIS BACK BUT ASSURED FORMAN THAT HE WAS OK TO CONTINUE HIS WOR K. ON 5/24/93 HE DECIDED HE SHOULD BE CHECKED BY A DOCTOR. HE WAS TREATED BY DR. RITCHEY ON 5/25/93 AND PUT ON LIGHT DUTY.

EE WAS PUTTING A SLIDE GATE IN BOTTOM OF METAL BIN HE WAS HOLDING GATE WITH HIS LEFT HAND & DRIVING IT WITH THE HAMMER HE MISSED THE GATE WITH THE HAMMER HEAD & THE HANDLE HIT HIS LEFT INDEX F INGER BETWEEN THE END & FIRST JOINT BREAKING SKIN & FLESH THREE STITCHES WERE REQUIRED

WHILE OPENING THE COVER TO A SCREW CONVEYOR TO CHECK THE ROTATION OF THE SCREW CONVEYOR, THE CONNECTING BAGHOUSE PULSATED AND SHOT A BLAST OF AIR INTO THE CONVEYOR, CAUSING QUICKLIME (CA0) TO SPRAY INTO INJURED'S FACE AND EYES. THE EYES WHERE CHEMICAL BURNED.

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING UNDER THE GIRZZLY, PULLING OUT ROCK FROM UNDER THE BACK PULLEY AND TWISTED HIS BACK SOMEHOW.

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING IN THE WAREHOUSE WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING TO FREE A ROTARY FEEDER WITH A 2" X 4' STEEL PIPE. HE WAS WORKING OFF OF THE 2ND STEP OF A PORTABLE OSHA APPROVED STEP. EMPLOYEE FELL FROM THE STEP LANDING ON A CONCRETE F LOOR, LANDING ON HIS BUTTOCKS, BACK, SHOULDERS AND HEAD.

EMPLOYEE WAS RAKING MATERIAL FROM THE TOP OF A SCREW CONVEYOR-ROTARY FEEDER ARRANGEMENT. SCREW WAS APPROX 6' ABOVE GROUND LEVEL. WHILE RAKING THE EMPLOYEE TWISTED AND STRAINED HIS BACK.

54736YEE WAS LIFTING A 3 WAY VALVE AND TURNE DWRONG, CAUSING A PULLING SENSATION IN HIS BACK.

EMPL SLIPPED ON A BOLT LYING ON THE GROUND. JAMMED LEFT HIP JOINT TRYING TO KEEP BALANCE.

EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING A 3" PIPE WITH HIS HANDS, WHILE ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING A NIPPLE ON TO THE PIPE WITH A PIPE WRENCH. THE PIPE TURNED PINCHING THE INJURED EMPLOYEE'S TWO RIGHT FINGE RS.

EMPLOYEE BECAME DIZZY WHILE WORKING. HE COMPLAINED OF SHORTNESS OF BREATH AND NUMBNESS IN HIS HANDS AND FACE. HIS SUPERVISOR TRANSPORTED HIM TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM AT ST. ROSE DOMINICAN HOSPITA L. AT THAT TIME, THE DOCTOR SAID IT WAS HEAT STROKE. UPON FURTHER TESTING THEY FOUND HE HAD A VIRAL INFECTION.

EMPLOYEE BUMPED HIS RIGHT ELBOW AS HE WAS CLIMBING A LADDER TO DUMP BAG HOUSES.

EMPLOYEE QUSHING A PALLET OF LIME TOGETHER ON FLATBED TRUCK RESULTING IN SPRAINED LEFT SHOULDER

EMPL PUTTING A 42" X 50" WOODEN PALLET IN MAGAZINE WHEN IT SLIPPED STRIKING EMPL ON LEFT SHIN. EMPL TREATED AT PLANT BY A MEDIC. WENT TO DR 8 DAYS AFTER INJURY MAKING IT REPORTABLE.

EMPL DRIVING CAR TO A REQUIRED COMPANY MEET,HIS VEHICLE WAS STRUCK BY ANOTHER CAR.

KNOCKING OUT SEATS FROM HYDRATE PULLED HIT THUMB WITH HAMMER.

CHLORINE GAS RELEASED FROM PIONEER CHEMICAL CO. EMPLOYEE WAS EXPOSED. EMPLOYEE WAS ABOUT 1/2 MILE FROM CHLORINE LEAK.

PIONEER CHLORIDE PLANT HAD A CHLORINE LEAK ABOUT 1/2 MILE FROM OWN PLANT EMPLOYEE WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR OBERSERVATION.

EE WAS WALKING ON STORAGE BIN DECK HE STEPPED ON THE 5 BIN FILL COVER AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT ANKLE.

JAMMED MIDDLE FINGER WHILE INSIDE HYDRAT PRESSURE VESSEL.

SLIPPED ON STAIRWAY THAT HAD ICE ON THEM.

WALKING DOWN FLIGHT OF STAIRS CAUGHT BOOT IN GATE, TRIPPED AND JAMMED FINGER, RT RING FINGER.

EMPLOYEE HAD COMPLETE A MAINT. FUNCTION HE WAS LIFTING AN ASSEMENTED BOX INTO ITS POSITION & HE FLET A PULL IN HIS BACK. OBJECT WAS APPROX. 25#.

AIR GATE ACTIVATED BY SECOND EMPL SMASHING FINGER OF MAINT MAN.

STRAINED BACK WHILE USING WHEELBARROW.BUMPED HEAD ON BAGHOUSE CAUSING BACK STRAIN.

PUSHING A WHEELBARROW AND STRAINED HIS BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING WITH ANOTHER EMPLOYEE A RAILROAD TIE. EMPLOYEE TOSSED HIS END OF THE TIE IT KICKED BACK AND LANDED ON HIS FOOT.

EMPLOYEE WAS ACTVATING A THREE WAY VLAVE VALCVE WAS STICKING. MOVEMENT OF PUSHING AND LIFTING CAUSE BACK STRAIN.

HIT BIN WITH SLEDGE HAMMER & RESTRAINED BACK - OLD INJURY 8-88.

EMPLOYEE WAS CL9ANING OFF MATERIAL ABOVE PULVIZER ARTEBRE FLEW OUT OF ROM RICHOHTED OFF CHUTE AND HIT SAFETY GLASSED OF EMPLOTEE BREAKING THEM AND CUTING EYE

EMPL CLIMBED TO31ST FLOOR OF MOTOR TEK SYSTEM TO TURN ELEVATOR ON TURNED TO DESCEND AND STEPPED INTO LADDER OPENING CAUSING HIM TO FALL TO GROUND.

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING A BULK LIME TRUCK AND WHEN TRUCK FILLED UP, THE LOADING CHUTE ALSO FILLED UP AND LIME ESCAPED THROUGH A CRACK IN THE LOADING CHUTE. THE WIND WAS BLOWING VERY HARD THIS DAY AND LIME BLEW INTO EMPLOYEE\S EYES.

INJ HAD JUST REFUELED FORKLIFT BACKED FROM GAS PUMP CAUGHT LEFT FOOT BETWEEN FORKLIFT AND GAS PUMP GUARD POST.

INJURED WAS DESCENDING A LADDER TO RETURN TO THE HYDRATE FLOOR. INJURED\S FEET SLIPPED FROM THE LADDER RUNG AND HE FELL APPROX. THREE FEET. WHEN EMPLOYEE LANDED, HIS RIGHT FOOT CAUGHT THE EDGE OF A BIN COVER AND HE SPRAINED HIS ANKLE.

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON THE BASE OF THE MICRO-PULVERIZER TO CLEAN THE MAGNETS ABOVE THE OPENING TO THE MICRO-PULVERIZER. THE EMPLOYEES FOOT SLIPPED FROM THE BASE OF THE MICRO-PULVERIZER AND H E FELL STRIKING HIS RIGHT KNEE AGAINST THE MOTOR BASE

INJURED HAD JUST DUMPED A KILN DUST COLLECTOR BAGHOUSE & WAS CLOSING THE DOOR BY PUSHING AGAINST THE LIP OF THE DOOR. THE SUCTION CAUSED THE BAGHOUSE AIR SYSTEM CAUSED THE FOOR TO SLAM SHUT & INJURED\S LEFT HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BAGHOUSE DOOR & THE DOOR FRAME CAUSING CONTUSIONS OF THE LEFT HAND & A FRACTURE OF THE 4TH FIGNER.